50 Dishes

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Achichuk

Salad of tomatoes and onions

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Aspic

Aspic or meat jelly () is a savoury gelatin made with a meat stock or broth, set in a mold to encase other ingredients. these often include pieces of meat, seafood, vegetable, or eggs. aspic is also sometimes referred to as aspic gelée or aspic jelly. in its simplest form, aspic is essentially a gelatinous version of conventional soup.

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Baursak

Boortsog or bawïrsaq (bashkir: бауырһаҡ, kazakh: бауырсақ; baýyrsaq [bɑwərˈsɑq], kyrgyz: боорсок [boːrˈsoq], mongolian: боорцог [ˈpɔːrtsʰəɡ], uzbek: boʻgʻirsoq [bɒʁɨrˈsɒq], turkish: pişi, bişi, tuzlu lokma, halka, turkmen: pişme) is a type of fried dough food found in the cuisines of central asia, idel-ural, mongolia and the middle east. it is shaped into either triangles or sometimes spheres. the dough consists of flour, yeast, milk, eggs, butter, salt, sugar, and fat. tajik boortsog are often decorated with a criss-cross pattern by pressing the bottom of a small strainer on the dough before it is fried. boortsog is often eaten as a dessert, with sugar, butter, jam, or honey. they may be thought of as cookies or biscuits, and since they are fried, they are sometimes compared to doughnuts. mongolians and turkic peoples sometimes dip boortsog in tea. in central asia, baursaki are often eaten alongside chorba.uštipci (serbian cyrillic: уштипци, pronounced [uʃtɪpt͡sɪ]) are doughnut-like fried dough balls popular in bosnia and herzegovina, croatia, macedonia, serbia, especially in vojvodina, srem district and slovenia where they are known as "miške".

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Bliny

A blini (sometimes spelled bliny) (russian: блины pl., diminutive: блинчики, blinchiki, dialectal, diminutive: млинчики, mlynchiki) or, sometimes, blin (more accurate as a single form of the noun), is a russian pancake traditionally made from wheat or (more rarely) buckwheat flour and served with smetana, tvorog, butter, caviar and other garnishes. blini are among the most popular and most-eaten dishes in russia. in the west, the term blini traditionally refers to small (2-4 inches in diameter) savory pancakes made with leavened batter. in modern russian, the term most often refers to pan-sized leavened thin pancakes, although smaller leavened pancakes are also called blini and were much more common historically.some english dictionaries record usage of the forms blin as singular and blini or bliny as plural, which correspond to the originally russian forms, but other dictionaries consider this usage so rare in english that they do not mention blin at all and only record the widespread modern regular usage of blini for the singular and blinis for the plural. some cookbooks and restaurants use blin and blintchick as in russian to refer to crêpes. blintzes are an offshoot (an evolved or variant form) of blini. they are thin pancakes usually made of wheat flour (not buckwheat), folded to form a casing (as for cheese or fruit) and then sautéed or baked.

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Boortsog

Boortsog or bawïrsaq (bashkir: бауырһаҡ, kazakh: бауырсақ; baýyrsaq [bɑwərˈsɑq], kyrgyz: боорсок [boːrˈsoq], mongolian: боорцог [ˈpɔːrtsʰəɡ], uzbek: boʻgʻirsoq [bɒʁɨrˈsɒq], turkish: pişi, bişi, tuzlu lokma, halka, turkmen: pişme) is a type of fried dough food found in the cuisines of central asia, idel-ural, mongolia and the middle east. it is shaped into either triangles or sometimes spheres. the dough consists of flour, yeast, milk, eggs, butter, salt, sugar, and fat. tajik boortsog are often decorated with a criss-cross pattern by pressing the bottom of a small strainer on the dough before it is fried. boortsog is often eaten as a dessert, with sugar, butter, jam, or honey. they may be thought of as cookies or biscuits, and since they are fried, they are sometimes compared to doughnuts. mongolians and turkic peoples sometimes dip boortsog in tea. in central asia, baursaki are often eaten alongside chorba.uštipci (serbian cyrillic: уштипци, pronounced [uʃtɪpt͡sɪ]) are doughnut-like fried dough balls popular in bosnia and herzegovina, croatia, macedonia, serbia, especially in vojvodina, srem district and slovenia where they are known as "miške".

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Buterbrod

Open-faced sandwich

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Caesar salad

A caesar salad (also spelled cesar and cesare) is a green salad of romaine lettuce and croutons dressed with lemon juice (or lime juice), olive oil, egg, worcestershire sauce, anchovies, garlic, dijon mustard, parmesan cheese, and black pepper. in its original form, this salad was prepared and served tableside.

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Caviar

Caviar (also known as caviare; from persian: خاویار, romanized: khâvyâr, lit. 'egg-bearing') is a food consisting of salt-cured roe of the family acipenseridae. caviar is considered a delicacy and is eaten as a garnish or a spread. traditionally, the term caviar refers only to roe from wild sturgeon in the caspian sea and black sea (beluga, ossetra and sevruga caviars). the term caviar can also describe the roe of other species of sturgeon or other fish such as salmon, steelhead, trout, lumpfish, whitefish, or carp.the roe can be "fresh" (non-pasteurized) or pasteurized, with pasteurization reducing its culinary and economic value.

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Cucumber and radish salad

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Dressed herring

Dressed herring, colloquially known as herring under a fur coat (russian: "сельдь под шубой", tr. "sel'd pod shuboy" or "селёдка под шубой", "selyodka pod shuboy"), is a layered salad composed of diced pickled herring covered with layers of grated boiled eggs, vegetables (potatoes, carrots, beetroots), chopped onions, and mayonnaise. some variations of this dish include a layer of fresh grated apple while some do not.a final layer of grated boiled beetroot covered with mayonnaise is what gives the salad its characteristic rich purple color. dressed herring salad is often decorated with grated boiled eggs (whites, yolks, or both). dressed herring salad is popular in russia, ukraine (ukrainian: оселедець під шубою, romanized: oseledets pid shuboyu), belarus (belarusian: селядзец пад футрам, romanized: selyadzets pad futram) and other countries of the former ussr (lithuanian: silkė pataluose, latvian: siļķe kažokā). it is especially popular for holidays, and is commonly served as a "zakuska" at new year (novy god) and christmas celebrations in belarus, russia and kazakhstan.

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Golubtsy

Cabbage rolls, filled with minced meat, vegetable, rice and spices

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Jam

Fruit preserves are preparations of fruits whose main preserving agent is sugar and sometimes acid, often stored in glass jars and used as a condiment or spread. there are many varieties of fruit preserves globally, distinguished by method of preparation, type of fruit used, and place in a meal. sweet fruit preserves such as jams, jellies and marmalades are often eaten at breakfast with bread or as an ingredient of a pastry or dessert, whereas more savory and acidic preserves made from "vegetable fruits" such as tomato, squash or zucchini, are eaten alongside savoury foods such as cheese, cold meats, and curries.

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Kashk

Kashk (persian: کشک kašk, kurdish: keşk), qurut (tuvan and kyrgyz: курут, kazakh: құрт, turkmen: gurt, uzbek: qurt, azerbaijani: qurut, pashto: قروت, armenian: չորթան-chortan, turkish: kurut) or aaruul and khuruud (mongolian: ааруул or хурууд) is a range of dairy products used in cuisines of iranian, afghan, pakistani, turkish, kurdish, mongolian, central asian, transcaucasian and the levantine people. kashk is made from drained yogurt (in particular, drained qatiq) or drained sour milk by shaping it and letting it dry. it can be made in a variety of forms, like rolled into balls, sliced into strips, and formed into chunks. there are three main kinds of food products with this name: foods based on curdled milk products like yogurt or cheese; foods based on barley broth, bread, or flour; and foods based on cereals combined with curdled milk.

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Kaymak

Kaymak, sarshir, or qashta/ashta (persian: سَرشیر saršir) (arabic: قشطة qeshta or arabic: قيمر geymar ) is a creamy dairy food similar to clotted cream, made from the milk of water buffalo, cows, sheep, or goats in central asia, some balkan countries, some caucasus countries, the countries of the levant, turkic regions, iran and iraq. in poland, the name kajmak refers to a confection similar to dulce de leche instead.the traditional method of making kaymak is to boil the raw milk slowly, then simmer it for two hours over a very low heat. after the heat source is shut off, the cream is skimmed and left to chill (and mildly ferment) for several hours or days. kaymak has a high percentage of milk fat, typically about 60%. it has a thick, creamy consistency (not entirely compact, because of milk protein fibers) and a rich taste.

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Khachapuri

Khachapuri (georgian: ხაჭაპური khach’ap’uri [xɑtʃʼɑpʼuri] (listen) from georgian: ხაჭო georgian pronunciation: [xatʃ'o] "curds" + georgian: პური georgian pronunciation: [p'uri] "bread") is a traditional georgian dish of cheese-filled bread. the bread is leavened and allowed to rise, molded into various shapes, and then filled in the center with a mixture of cheese (fresh or aged, most commonly, specialized khachapuri cheese), eggs, and other ingredients. the bread crust is traditionally torn off and dipped into the cheese. it is very popular in georgia, both in restaurants and as street food. as a georgian staple food, the price of making khachapuri is used as a measure of inflation in different georgian cities by the "khachapuri index," developed by the international school of economics at tbilisi state university. it is georgia's national dish, inscribed on the list of the intangible cultural heritage of georgia. on the behalf and initiative of the gastronomic association of georgia, the 27th of february was announced as national khachapuri day, to celebrate georgia's timeless signature pastry as well as to promote its recognition internationally.

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Kholodets

Aspic or meat jelly () is a savoury gelatin made with a meat stock or broth, set in a mold to encase other ingredients. these often include pieces of meat, seafood, vegetable, or eggs. aspic is also sometimes referred to as aspic gelée or aspic jelly. in its simplest form, aspic is essentially a gelatinous version of conventional soup.

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Kuiruk boor

Sheep liver and fat with spices and herbs

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Mimosa salad

Mimosa salad (russian: салат мимоза) is a festive salad whose main ingredients are cheese, eggs, canned fish, onion, and mayonnaise. mimosa salad got its name because of its resemblance to mimosa flowers scattered on the snow. the similarity is achieved by crumbling and scattering boiled egg yolk on the surface. the salad's popularity in the ussr (and nowadays in the post-soviet states) has led to the emergence of a wide variety of recipes.

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Nachynka

Cornmeal dressing or spoonbread, serve as a side with meat

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Nuts

A nut is a fruit consisting of a hard or tough nutshell protecting a kernel which is usually edible. in general usage and in a culinary sense, a wide variety of dry seeds are called nuts, but in a botanical context "nut" implies that the shell does not open to release the seed (indehiscent). most seeds come from fruits that naturally free themselves from the shell, but this is not the case in nuts such as hazelnuts, chestnuts, and acorns, which have hard shell walls and originate from a compound ovary. the general and original usage of the term is less restrictive, and many nuts (in the culinary sense), such as almonds, pecans, pistachios, walnuts, and brazil nuts, are not nuts in a botanical sense. common usage of the term often refers to any hard-walled, edible kernel as a nut. nuts are an energy-dense and nutrient-rich food source.

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Olivier salad

Olivier salad (russian: салат оливье, tr. salat olivye) is a traditional salad dish in russian cuisine, which is also popular in other post-soviet countries and around the world. in different modern recipes, it is usually made with diced boiled potatoes, carrots, brined dill pickles (or cucumber), green peas, eggs, celeriac, onions, diced boiled chicken or bologna sausage (sometimes ham or hot dogs), and tart apples, with salt, pepper, and mustard added to enhance flavor, dressed with mayonnaise. in many countries, the dish is commonly referred to as russian salad, in brazil it is called maionese, and in a few scandinavian countries (norway and denmark) it is called russisk salat (russian salad). in russia and other post-soviet states, as well as in russophone communities worldwide, the salad has become one of the main dishes on zakuski tables served during new year's eve ("novy god") celebrations.

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Plov

Pilaf (us spelling) or pilau (uk spelling) is a rice dish, or in some regions, a wheat dish, whose recipe usually involves cooking in stock or broth, adding spices, and other ingredients such as vegetables or meat, and employing some technique for achieving cooked grains that do not adhere.at the time of the abbasid caliphate, such methods of cooking rice at first spread through a vast territory from india to spain, and eventually to a wider world. the spanish paella, and the south asian pilau or pulao, and biryani, evolved from such dishes. pilaf and similar dishes are common to balkan, caribbean, south caucasian, central asian, east african, eastern european, latin american, middle eastern, and south asian cuisines. it is a staple food and a popular dish in afghanistan, albania, armenia, azerbaijan, bangladesh, bulgaria, china (notably in xinjiang), cyprus, georgia, greece (notably in crete), india, iraq (notably in kurdistan), iran, israel, kazakhstan, kenya, kyrgyzstan, mongolia, nepal, (pakistani cuisine) pakistan, romania, russia, serbia, sri lanka, tanzania (notably in zanzibar), tajikistan, turkey, turkmenistan, uganda, and uzbekistan.

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Potato

The potato is a starchy tuber of the plant solanum tuberosum and is a root vegetable native to the americas. the plant is a perennial in the nightshade family solanaceae.wild potato species can be found from the southern united states to southern chile. the potato was originally believed to have been domesticated by native americans independently in multiple locations, but later genetic studies traced a single origin, in the area of present-day southern peru and extreme northwestern bolivia. potatoes were domesticated there approximately 7,000–10,000 years ago, from a species in the solanum brevicaule complex. in the andes region of south america, where the species is indigenous, some close relatives of the potato are cultivated. potatoes were introduced to europe from the americas in the second half of the 16th century by the spanish. today they are a staple food in many parts of the world and an integral part of much of the world's food supply. as of 2014, potatoes were the world's fourth-largest food crop after maize (corn), wheat, and rice. following millennia of selective breeding, there are now over 5,000 different types of potatoes. over 99% of potatoes presently cultivated worldwide descended from varieties that originated in the lowlands of south-central chile. the importance of the potato as a food source and culinary ingredient varies by region and is still changing. it remains an essential crop in europe, especially northern and eastern europe, where per capita production is still the highest in the world, while the most rapid expansion in production over the past few decades has occurred in southern and eastern asia, with china and india leading the world in overall production as of 2018. like the tomato, the potato is a nightshade in the genus solanum, and the vegetative and fruiting parts of the potato contain the toxin solanine which is dangerous for human consumption. normal potato tubers that have been grown and stored properly produce glycoalkaloids in amounts small enough to be negligible to human health, but, if green sections of the plant (namely sprouts and skins) are exposed to light, the tuber can accumulate a high enough concentration of glycoalkaloids to affect human health.

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Rice

Rice is the seed of the grass species oryza sativa (asian rice) or less commonly oryza glaberrima (african rice). the name wild rice is usually used for species of the genera zizania and porteresia, both wild and domesticated, although the term may also be used for primitive or uncultivated varieties of oryza. as a cereal grain, domesticated rice is the most widely consumed staple food for over half of the world's human population, especially in asia and africa. it is the agricultural commodity with the third-highest worldwide production, after sugarcane and maize. since sizable portions of sugarcane and maize crops are used for purposes other than human consumption, rice is the most important food crop with regard to human nutrition and caloric intake, providing more than one-fifth of the calories consumed worldwide by humans. there are many varieties of rice and culinary preferences tend to vary regionally. the traditional method for cultivating rice is flooding the fields while, or after, setting the young seedlings. this simple method requires sound irrigation planning but reduces the growth of less robust weed and pest plants that have no submerged growth state, and deters vermin. while flooding is not mandatory for the cultivation of rice, all other methods of irrigation require higher effort in weed and pest control during growth periods and a different approach for fertilizing the soil. rice, a monocot, is normally grown as an annual plant, although in tropical areas it can survive as a perennial and can produce a ratoon crop for up to 30 years. rice cultivation is well-suited to countries and regions with low labor costs and high rainfall, as it is labor-intensive to cultivate and requires ample water. however, rice can be grown practically anywhere, even on a steep hill or mountain area with the use of water-controlling terrace systems. although its parent species are native to asia and certain parts of africa, centuries of trade and exportation have made it commonplace in many cultures worldwide. production and consumption of rice is estimated to have been responsible for 4% of global greenhouse gas emissions in 2010.

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Shalgam

Grated vegetable salad with radish, carrots, bell peppers, onions with an oil and vinegar dressing

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Smetana

Smetana is a type of sour cream from central and eastern europe. it is a dairy product produced by souring heavy cream. it is similar to crème fraîche (28% fat), but nowadays mainly sold with 9% to 42% milkfat content depending on the country. its cooking properties are different from crème fraîche and the lighter sour creams sold in the us, which contain 12 to 16% butterfat. it is widely used in cooking and baking.

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Syrniki

Syrniki (belarusian: сырнікі; russian: сырники) or syrnyky (ukrainian: сирники) are fried eastern slavic quark (curd cheese) pancakes. in russia, they are also known as tvorozhniki (творо́жники). they are a part of belarusian, russian, ukrainian, latvian (sirņiki), lithuanian and serbian cuisine. their simplicity and delicious taste have made them very popular in eastern europe.

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Vinegret

Vinegret (russian: винегрет) or russian vinaigrette is a salad in russian cuisine which is also popular in other post-soviet states. this type of food includes diced cooked vegetables (red beets, potatoes, carrots), chopped onions, as well as sauerkraut and/or brined pickles. other ingredients, such as green peas or beans, are sometimes also added. the naming comes from vinaigrette, which is used as a dressing. however, in spite of the name, vinegar is often omitted in modern cooking, and sunflower or other vegetable oil is just used. some cooks add the brine from the pickled cucumbers or sauerkraut. along with olivier salad and dressed herring, vinegret is served as zakuska on celebration tables in russophone communities. despite the widespread popularity in russia and ukraine, the basic mixed salad recipes were adopted from western european cuisines as late as the 19th century. originally, the term vinegret denoted any mixture of diced cooked vegetables dressed with vinegar. later the meaning changed to any mixed salad with beetroots. modern russian and ukrainian cookbooks still mention the possibility of adding mushrooms, meat or fish, but this is rarely practiced. similar beetroot-based salads are prepared throughout northern europe. examples are herring salad and beetroot salad in north german and scandinavian cuisines (see also de:heringssalat, sv:rödbetssallad), as well as rosolli in finnish cuisine, with the name for the latter stemming from rassol (russian: рассол), the russian word for brine.

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Bublik

Bublik (also booblik or bublyk; russian: бублик, tr. búblik, plural: bubliki; ukrainian: бублик, romanized: búblyk) is a traditional eastern european bread roll. it is a ring of yeast-leavened wheat dough, that has been boiled in water for a short time before baking.

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Korovai

The korovai (ukrainian: коровай, russian: коровай before 1956 reform), karavai (modern russian: каравай, belarusian: каравай, old east slavic: караваи), or kravai (bulgarian: кравай) is a traditional bulgarian, ukrainian, and russian bread, most often used at weddings, where it has great symbolic meaning, and has remained part of the wedding tradition in belarus, russia, ukraine, as well as in the russian and ukrainian diasporas. its use in belarus, russia and ukraine dates back to hospitality and holiday customs in ancient rus. a similar bread (korowaj) is made in parts of eastern poland. round korovai is a common element of the bread and salt ceremony.

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Mai takoch

Bread baked in a tandoor oven that is stamped in the middle to prevent rising, serve with butter or sour cream

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Non

Naan (hindi: नान, persian: نان, romanized: nān, urdu: نان, pashto: نان dari: نان, bengali: নান) is a leavened, oven-baked or tawa-fried flatbread which is found in the cuisines mainly of western asia, central asia, indian subcontinent, indonesia, myanmar, and the caribbean.

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Obi non

Disc-shape bread that is stamped in the middle to prevent rising

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Qatlama

Kattama (kazakh: қаттама, romanized: qattama; kyrgyz: каттама, both pronounced [qɑttɑmɑ]), katlama, katmer (turkish: katmer), qatlama azerbaijani , qator gambir (mongolian: гамбир, pronounced [ɢæmʲbʲĭɾ]) is a fried layered bread common in the cuisines of central asia. qatlama in traditional turkish means "folded", which comes from the verb qatlamaq "to fold", likely referring to the traditional method of preparation. the turkish variety katmer is made as a dessert with kaymak (clotted cream,) and like many other delicacies from gaziantep, is also filled and topped with pistachios.

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Rye bread

Top with, for example, smoked or pickled fish, butter

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Shelpek

Shelpek (turkmen: çelpek; kazakh: шелпек, romanized: shelpek; kyrgyz: май токоч, челпек; uzbek: чалпак, romanized: chalpek; uighur: чалпак, romanized: chalpyak) is a traditional central asian flatbread commonly consumed all over the region. the main ingredients of shelpek are flour, milk, sugar, butter, sour cream such as kaymak, baking soda, salt and vegetable oil.the dough is shaped into balls and fried in hot vegetable oil until reaching a golden color. shelpek can also be prepared with yeast, thus the dough stays soft for a longer period of time. the recipe to prepare the dough in the given case is similar to the one used for baursak.

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Chuchuk

Sujuk or sucuk is a dry, spicy and fermented sausage which is consumed in several balkan, middle eastern and central asian cuisines. sujuk mainly consists of ground meat and animal fat usually obtained from beef or lamb, but horse meat is also often used in bulgaria, kazakhstan and kyrgyzstan.

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Salo

Salo (ukrainian: сало, russian: сало, belarusian: сала, hungarian: szalonna, polish: słonina, romanian: slănină, czech, slovak: slanina, carpatho-rusyn: солонина/solonyna, bosnian: slanina/сланина, lithuanian: lašiniai, bulgarian: сланина, serbian: slanina/сланина) is a traditional, predominantly slavic food consisting of cured slabs of fatback (rarely pork belly), with or without skin (especially famous in ukraine). the food is commonly eaten and known under different names in countries across the region. it is usually dry salt or brine cured. the east slavic variety is sometimes treated with paprika or other seasonings, while the south slavic version is often smoked. in ukraine and many other countries salo is a part of the traditional national cuisine. the slavic word "salo" or "salanina" as applied to this type of food (it has other meanings as well) is often translated to english as "bacon" or "lard". unlike lard, salo is not rendered. unlike bacon, salo has little or no lean meat. it is similar to italian lardo, the main differences being the thickness of the cut (lardo is often sliced very thinly) and seasoning. east slavic salo uses salt, garlic, black pepper and sometimes coriander in the curing process, while lardo is generally seasoned with rosemary and other herbs.

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Bryndza

Bryndza (from romanian brânză – cheese) is a sheep milk cheese made across much of east-central europe, primarily in or around the carpathian mountains of slovakia, ukraine, romania and southern poland. bryndza cheese is creamy white in appearance, known for its characteristic strong smell and taste. the cheese is white, tangy, crumbly and slightly moist. it has characteristic odor and flavor with a notable taste of butyric acid. the overall flavor sensation begins slightly mild, then goes strong and finally fades to a salty finish. recipes differ slightly across countries.

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Quark

Quark or quarg is a type of fresh dairy product made from milk. the milk is soured, usually by adding lactic acid bacteria cultures, and strained once the desired curdling is achieved. it can be classified as fresh acid-set cheese. traditional quark can be made without rennet, but in modern dairies small quantities of rennet are typically added. it is soft, white and unaged, and usually has no salt added. it is traditional in the cuisines of baltic, germanic and slavic-speaking countries. dictionaries sometimes translate it as curd cheese, cottage cheese, farmer cheese or junket. in germany, quark and cottage cheese are considered to be different types of fresh cheese and quark is often not considered cheese at all, while in eastern europe cottage cheese is usually viewed as a type of quark (e.g. russian for cottage cheese is "зернёный творог" zernyony tvorog, literally "grainy quark"). quark is similar to french fromage blanc, indian paneer, and the queso fresco/queijo fresco made in the iberian peninsula and in some latin american countries. it is distinct from italian ricotta because ricotta (italian "recooked") is made from scalded whey. quark is somewhat similar to yogurt cheeses such as the south asian chak(k)a, bengali chhena, the arabic labneh, and the central asian suzma or kashk, but while these products are obtained by straining yogurt (milk fermented with thermophile bacteria), quark is made from soured milk fermented with mesophile bacteria.

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Qurut

Kashk (persian: کشک kašk, kurdish: keşk), qurut (tuvan and kyrgyz: курут, kazakh: құрт, turkmen: gurt, uzbek: qurt, azerbaijani: qurut, pashto: قروت, armenian: չորթան-chortan, turkish: kurut) or aaruul and khuruud (mongolian: ааруул or хурууд) is a range of dairy products used in cuisines of iranian, afghan, pakistani, turkish, kurdish, mongolian, central asian, transcaucasian and the levantine people. kashk is made from drained yogurt (in particular, drained qatiq) or drained sour milk by shaping it and letting it dry. it can be made in a variety of forms, like rolled into balls, sliced into strips, and formed into chunks. there are three main kinds of food products with this name: foods based on curdled milk products like yogurt or cheese; foods based on barley broth, bread, or flour; and foods based on cereals combined with curdled milk.

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Sulguni

Sulguni (georgian: სულგუნი, სულუგუნი sulguni, suluguni; svan: სჷლგინ, ლჷჯმარე selgin, lejmare; mingrelian: სელეგინ selegin) is a brined georgian cheese from the svaneti and samegrelo regions. it has a sour, moderately salty flavor, a dimpled texture, and an elastic consistency; these attributes are the result of the process used, as is the source of its nickname "pickle cheese". its color ranges from white to pale yellow. sulguni is often deep-fried, which masks its odor. it is often served in wedges. a typical sulguni cheese is shaped as a flat disc, 2.5 to 3.5 centimeters thick. it weighs 0.5 to 1.5 kg (1.1 to 3.3 lb) and contains 50% water and between 1% and 5% salt. dry fat content averages 45%. sulguni is produced only of natural ingredients: normalized cow milk by clotting by rennet with pure cultures of lactic bacteria.

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Tvorog

Farmer's cheese, an acid-set cheese, similar to yogurt or cream cheese, serve with sugar, honey or jam

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Kapusta

Cabbage, comprising several cultivars of brassica oleracea, is a leafy green, red (purple), or white (pale green) biennial plant grown as an annual vegetable crop for its dense-leaved heads. it is descended from the wild cabbage (b. oleracea var. oleracea), and belongs to the "cole crops" or brassicas, meaning it is closely related to broccoli and cauliflower (var. botrytis); brussels sprouts (var. gemmifera); and savoy cabbage (var. sabauda). a cabbage generally weighs between 500 to 1,000 grams (1 to 2 lb). smooth-leafed, firm-headed green cabbages are the most common, with smooth-leafed purple cabbages and crinkle-leafed savoy cabbages of both colours being rarer. under conditions of long sunny days, such as those found at high northern latitudes in summer, cabbages can grow quite large. as of 2012, the heaviest cabbage was 62.71 kilograms (138 lb 4 oz). cabbage heads are generally picked during the first year of the plant's life cycle, but plants intended for seed are allowed to grow a second year and must be kept separate from other cole crops to prevent cross-pollination. cabbage is prone to several nutrient deficiencies, as well as to multiple pests, and bacterial and fungal diseases. cabbage was most likely domesticated somewhere in europe before 1000 bc, although savoys were not developed until the 16th century ad. by the middle ages, cabbage had become a prominent part of european cuisine. they can be prepared many different ways for eating; they can be pickled, fermented (for dishes such as sauerkraut), steamed, stewed, roasted, sautéed, braised, or eaten raw. raw cabbage is a rich source of vitamin k, vitamin c, and dietary fiber. world production of cabbage and other brassicas in 2020 was 71 million tonnes, led by china with 48% of the total.

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Ajika

Ajika or adjika (abkhazian: аџьыка, georgian: აჯიკა) is a georgian-abkhazian hot, spicy, but subtly flavored dip, often used to flavor food. in 2018, the technology of ajika was inscribed on the intangible cultural heritage of georgia list.the name derives from the abkhaz word аџьыка "salt". the abkhazian variant of ajika is based on a boiled preparation of hot red peppers, garlic, herbs, and spices such as coriander, dill, blue fenugreek (only found in mountain regions such as the alps or the caucasus), salt, and walnut. a dry form of ajika exists that looks like small red clumps mixed with a looser version of the spice mixture. home-made ajika is available from many market stalls in the caucasus and in the krasnodar krai of russia. tomatoes are not an ingredient of traditional ajika, though different versions of ajika, sometimes having tomatoes or tomato paste as an ingredient, are produced on a commercial scale and sold in supermarkets in russia and ukraine. common varieties of ajika resemble italian red pesto in appearance and consistency. though it is usually red, green ajika is also made with unripe peppers.